I haven’t gotten in the habit of keeping track of when special days or months are related to social justice topics so it took me by surprise when I discovered that July is Disability Pride month!
Given that, I quickly changed my publishing schedule around to prioritize a big disability-related project I had been working on but… it’s not done yet. So in the mean time, in lieu of a new blog post this week, I thought I’d offer you a compilation of my favorite articles about disability, chronic illness, and mental health that I’ve written over the years.
You can also check out the disability, chronic illness, and mental illness tags linked below this post for more related content!
Enjoy!
Disability
- Redefining Disability: An Identity of Adaptation and Creativity
- Why Its Hard to Reveal My Disability to Strangers
- 10 Things I Love About Being Disabled
- Why Don’t I Ever See You Dancing? What is EDS?
- Could You Please Just Cease to Be?
Chronic Illness
- Why Chronic Illness Makes it So Hard to Leave Home
- Spoon Theory: What Silverware Has to Do with Chronic Illness
- Wait, Does Your Body Do This?
Mental Health
- Lets End the Stigma Against Anti Depressants
- Why Does Everything Feel So Hard Right Now if Nothing is Wrong
Interviews
- Youtube Interview with Secular Sexuality on Sex and Disability
- Podcast Interview with Into Your Body on Sex and Disability

About the writer: Kella Hanna-Wayne is the creator, editor, and main writer for Yopp. In addition to creating a collection of educational resources for social justice, she works as a freelance writer specializing in content about her experience with disability, chronic illness, mental health, and trauma. Her work has been published in Ms. Magazine blog, The BeZine, Betty’s Battleground, and Splain You a Thing. You can find her @KellaHannaWayne on Facebook, Twitter, Medium, and Instagram.